The Conclusion Comments

This is a very good poem

........this is a great poem of time.....time gives and time takes away leaving us with nothing...but earth and dust.....love the conclusion of this poem...

Indeed a masterpiece... the brutality of death is nicely demystified by the hope of life. Great poem.

This wonderful beautiful poem is about the fate of living..and in second part biblical reference or holy reference - Faith on the day of judgement- Resurrection the dooms day the final conclusion nice one

In God we trust. And so shall we be from the beginning until the end. Thank you dear Poet!

In God we trust. So shall we be, in the beginning until the end. Thank you dear Poet.

wow...what a conclusion!

Into dust shall returneth All that the Almighty gaveth So shed your ego while the sun still shineth And very humbly go when your time cometh..... (Facts of life very well put by Sir Walter R)

We all know that we come and go. Sooner or later. Into the dark and silent grave, And there is no return back. Yet we hope for the better.

I'm really impressed by his use of MY GOD to reference his faith, as opposed to just GOD; it keeps his faith-poem personal and avoids sounding evangelical.

quite a revelation for me as i did not eve consider sir walter raleigh and that he may have found time to write..i love the final two words, says everything to me

There is a theological inexactitude - #the story of our days# is not shut up by the grave but is in the mind of God. Raleigh hopes for his resurrection, but how will God judge his earthly story? This poem is very much the kind of exercise the Elizabethans went in for - but none the worse for that.

Even though everything closes one's identity at the end, Sir Walter Raleigh's faith in God is quite optimistic at the end of the poem!

Everyone has the same feeling. We all wish to be born and reborn to lead a deathless life. We want to enjoy the winds of life in a timeless manner. This is due to the inspiration of life. We can also see that a rebirth is also an impossibility from our daily experience. Hence this ardent prayer to god.

The final 'I trust' seems faint compared with the 'trust' he has given to time. Both trusts, I suspect, are unwarranted. Better take life as it is, warts and all.

Sort of says life is a dance of folly, to be concluded by GODS judgment.

While I don't believe in a God myself, it strikes me with a good feeling to see the hope and faith he has in what moves him. These last verses are so beautiful.

A wonderful last breath escapade! ! Raleigh may not officially be a poet, yet his quote offers him a place to the hall of fame of death announces! ! !